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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ ˈ ɔː l b ər z /; German:; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta .
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Mar 29, 2024 · Wilhelm Olbers was a German astronomer and physician who discovered the asteroids Pallas and Vesta, as well as five comets. In 1779 Olbers devised a new method of calculating the orbits of comets. Two years later he opened his medical practice in Bremen, where he equipped the upper portion of his.
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Oct 11, 2020 · Heinrich Olbers was a German physician and astronomer who discovered four comets and calculated the orbits of eighteen others. He also calculated the velocity of falling stars and explained why the night sky is dark by the presence of interstellar dust. Learn more about his life, discoveries, and the famous paradox that asks why the universe is not infinite and lighted by stars.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. 1758-1840. German astronomer and physician who developed a method for calculating cometary orbits. He suggested a theory for why the tails of comets point away from the sun and discovered the second and third known asteroids—Pallas (1802) and Vesta (1807).
Dec 24, 2016 · Courtesy of History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries. Credited with the independent discovery of four comets and two of the first four asteroids discovered, physician Heinrich Olbers was one of the leading astronomers of the early nineteenth century.
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Abstract. ON March 2 a century ago, the city of Bremen lost its most distinguished citizen, the physician and astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, who died at the age of eighty-one...
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (hīn´rĬkh vĬl´hĕlm mätĕ´ŏŏs ôl´bərs), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician. He originated (1797) the first satisfactory method for calculating the orbits of comets, but despite the fame it brought him, he remained an amateur astronomer and became a physician.
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